[nysbirds-l] Bahamas Piping Plovers (2) at Breezy Point, Queens County, Long Island, NY

2010-07-23 Thread Peter Doherty
Greetings. Andrew Baksh, www.birdingdude.blogspot.com , located TWO, Bahamas plovers (among 40+ pipers) at Breezy Point, Queens County, NY today. Each bird was marked in February at the same site on Andros Island, four days apart! Neither of the birds nested on Breezy Point (although another

[nysbirds-l] JBWR SESA partial banding info

2010-07-23 Thread fresha2411
Thanks to New Jersey Audubon's (they run most of the Semipalmated Sandpiper flagging as far as I know) website, I've already been able to track down some info about the color flagged Semipalmated Sandpiper from JBWR today. It was initially captured on January 14, 2009 at Amana Nature Preserve

[nysbirds-l] Flagged Semipalmated Sandpiper- JBWR

2010-07-23 Thread fresha2411
I forgot to mention that there were at least two banded Semipalmated Sandpipers on the East Pond this morning, presumably from two different projects: The first had a yellow color band on the right tibia, while its federal band had fallen down and was attached loosely on the bottom of its

[nysbirds-l] 7/23 JBWR- Long-billed Dowitchers, Western Sandpipers, and continuing Godwit, Pelican, and Phalarope etc.

2010-07-23 Thread fresha2411
Long-billed Dowitcher adults arrived on the East Pond today (or at least this was the first day I've noticed any), and there were multiples no less. Semipalmated Plovers and Northern Waterthrushes were also arpund in numbers for the first time. The American White Pelican was roosting on the

[nysbirds-l] Sandhill Crane reports in Ulster Co

2010-07-23 Thread Valerie Freer
A previously reported Sandhill Crane spent the night of June 1 at the Bashakill in Sullivan County. A second report on June 19 was of a Sandhill Crane seen between the local hospital and airport at Ellenville (Ulster Co), about 13 miles northeast of the Bashakill location. A third sighting of

[nysbirds-l] 7/23 JBWR- Long-billed Dowitchers, Western Sandpipers, and continuing Godwit, Pelican, and Phalarope etc.

2010-07-23 Thread fresha2411
Long-billed Dowitcher adults arrived on the East Pond today (or at least this was the first day I've noticed any), and there were multiples no less. Semipalmated Plovers and Northern Waterthrushes were also arpund in numbers for the first time. The American White Pelican was roosting on the

[nysbirds-l] Flagged Semipalmated Sandpiper- JBWR

2010-07-23 Thread fresha2411
I forgot to mention that there were at least two banded Semipalmated Sandpipers on the East Pond this morning, presumably from two different projects: The first had a yellow color band on the right tibia, while its federal band had fallen down and was attached loosely on the bottom of its

[nysbirds-l] JBWR SESA partial banding info

2010-07-23 Thread fresha2411
Thanks to New Jersey Audubon's (they run most of the Semipalmated Sandpiper flagging as far as I know) website, I've already been able to track down some info about the color flagged Semipalmated Sandpiper from JBWR today. It was initially captured on January 14, 2009 at Amana Nature Preserve

[nysbirds-l] Bahamas Piping Plovers (2) at Breezy Point, Queens County, Long Island, NY

2010-07-23 Thread Peter Doherty
Greetings. Andrew Baksh, www.birdingdude.blogspot.com , located TWO, Bahamas plovers (among 40+ pipers) at Breezy Point, Queens County, NY today. Each bird was marked in February at the same site on Andros Island, four days apart! Neither of the birds nested on Breezy Point (although another